Solutions Architect

DXC Technology | United Arab Emirates | On-site

DXC Technology is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to provide end-to-end architecture leadership for a large-scale technology transformation program in the UAE.

The Solution Architect will be responsible for translating complex business and technology requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and integrated solutions across multiple technology domains.

This role requires a strong combination of enterprise solution design, systems integration, cloud and infrastructure understanding, application architecture, data, cybersecurity, and stakeholder management
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• Own the end-to-end solution architecture across the program.
• Translate business, functional, and non-functional requirements into comprehensive technology solutions.
• Define high-level and detailed solution architectures covering applications, integrations, data, infrastructure, cloud, security, and operational requirements.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, interoperable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Define architecture principles, patterns, standards, and technology guidelines.
• Evaluate technology options and recommend appropriate platforms, products, and architectural approaches.
• Ensure appropriate consideration of availability, performance, scalability, disaster recovery, security, and operational support requirements.
• Establish and maintain architecture governance throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Lead and participate in architecture and design review sessions.
• Ensure proposed solutions comply with agreed architecture principles, standards, security requirements, and technology strategies.
• Review solution designs produced by internal teams, vendors, and technology partners.
• Identify architectural risks, technical debt, dependencies, and design gaps.
• Maintain architecture documentation and key technical decisions.

• Define integration architecture across applications, platforms, data sources, cloud services, and external systems.
• Ensure effective interoperability across complex technology environments.
• Define appropriate API, middleware, messaging, event-driven, and integration patterns.
• Work with integration teams and technology partners to resolve cross-platform dependencies and design challenges.
• Ensure integration solutions meet performance, security, scalability, and availability requirements.
• Provide architectural guidance across cloud, hybrid, infrastructure, compute, storage, network, and platform services.
• Support the definition of highly available, scalable, and resilient technology environments.
• Ensure architecture considers business continuity, disaster recovery, capacity, performance, and operational requirements.
• Evaluate cloud and infrastructure options based on technical, operational, security, and commercial considerations.

• Embed security principles and requirements throughout the solution architecture.
• Collaborate closely with cybersecurity specialists to ensure appropriate security controls are incorporated into designs.
• Ensure solutions consider identity and access management, data protection, encryption, network security, monitoring, and resilience.
• Support architecture reviews relating to security, risk, and compliance requirements.

• Act as a senior technical advisor across the program.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, program leadership, project managers, technical teams, vendors, and partners.
• Facilitate architecture workshops and technical design sessions.
• Communicate complex architectural concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide technical direction and guidance to solution designers, engineers,…